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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,077, dated June 7,1898.

Application filed geptemb r 17, 1896. Serial No. 606,122. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. CARTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lebanon,.in the county of Grafton and State of NewHampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hunting- Coats,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in explaining its nature.

My invention relates to a hunting-coat having large pocket-space made ofthree layers or thicknesses of cloth which are so formed that thepockets, as well as the body of the coat, are made by sewing togetherthese lay ers. This method of making the coat efiects a saving ofmaterial and labor, as there are fewer pieces of cloth to be cut out andless chance for waste, while it is not necessary to attach the separatepieces to the coat in order to form the pockets.

My invention relates also to other features, which will be hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a pattern of the layer of clothwhich forms onehalf of the outside of the coat. the pattern of a pieceof cloth which makes one-half of the inside of a coat. Fig. 3 is a viewof the outside of the coat with the sleeves removed. Fig. 4 shows theinside of the coat.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the completed coat.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a section on the'line 7 7 of 'Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a pattern ofone-half of the intermediate layer of the coat. Fig. 9 is a view of thecompleted coat with the back layers removed, showing the position of theintermediate layer.

A is a piece of cloth which, together with a companion piece of the sameshape, forms the outer part of the coat, as shown in Fig. 3. B is apiece of cloth which forms similarly the inner part of. the garment. Oin Fig. 8 forms with a similar-shaped piece the main or intermediatelayer of the coat.

A is made of the form shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5. A The bottom a curvesupward to a sharp point a at one edge and has a slit a which serves forentrance to a pocket. The upper portion is narrower than the lower. Itis pro- Vided with the straight narrowextension a and the curvedextension a The form of the parts B and O is'clearly shown in the Fig. 2showsdrawings, requiring no description. The latter is of the ordinaryshape and construction except that there is a slit 0, serving as anentrance toa pocket.

. When the coat is completed, it is provided with two large pockets D atthe back and two smaller ones d d at each side, (see Fig. 3,) besides apocket D, which extends over the greater part of the inside of the coat,as shown in Fig. 4:. I have shown this pocket as buttoned up in themiddle by the button 01 as I have found this convenient; but I do notlimit myself to this construction. There is an en trance 0 to this largeinner pocket underneath Y This is an important feature of my invention,

to which I desire to direct attention.

It will be observed that the pockets in the coat are formed by theconjunction of the various parts. The part A forms, with the part 0, thepockets D d d, and the extension 0. forms the flap for the slit 0,leading into the large inner pocket D, which is formed by thecooperation of the parts B O. The extension a of the part A goes up tothe shoulder and acts asfa reinforcing-strip to give the coat greaterstrength when the pockets are loaded. The entrances .to the pockets maybe reinforced with leather, if desired, and I have shown this in thedrawings. A flap d for the pocket cl may be provided also. I alsoprovide a reinforcing-strip a on the top of the shoulder, which ispreferably padded, so as to protect the wearer when carrying a heavygun.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and'desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States- As an improved article ofmanufacture, the hunting coat herein described having the outer pocketsD, d, d, the inner pocket D and the entrance 0 to the inner pocket withits flap, the whole formed of three layers of cloth made by the patternsA, B, Q, each pattern forming with a corresponding pattern one layer ofthe coat, substantially as de-

